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noorhanss0111's avatar
4 years ago
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Sims 3: Black dot/tear on sim's necks

I have had this issue for a while and I'm not sure what's causing it nor how to fix it. I tried "factory resetting" my game and launched it without any saves, CC, mods, etc. and the black dot was sti...
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    puzzlezaddict
    4 years ago

    @noorhanss0111  Your graphics driver is a bit old, which is probably fine for Sims 3 and is unlikely to be the cause of the black dots.  Updating it might fix your Sims 4 crashes though.

    https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/184717/en-us

    If you choose the custom route and perform a clean install, you'll need to reset your Control Panel options.  The clean install is probably a good idea anyway considering how long it's been since you've updated.

    I do think the black dots are probably just an artifact of how old Sims 3 is and how it was never built to be rendered at high resolutions.  We could fiddle with graphics settings even further if you want, but I'm not sure you'll do any better than what you have now.

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